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Facts and Figures

(Click here to move on if this stuff bores you!)

The statistics are truly staggering:

• About 46% of men in England and 32% of women are overweight with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25-30, and a further 17% of men and 21% of women are obese with a BMI of 30 or more (Click here to check YOUR BMI!)
  
• The percentage of adults who are obese has roughly doubled since the mid-1980s
  
• Over 30,000 deaths a year are caused by obesity in England alone
  
• It is estimated that obesity costs the NHS £500million per year
  
• The number of obese children has tripled in 20years - 10% of six year olds are obess rising to 17% of 15-year-olds
  
• Most people who lose weight on a calorie-controlled diet put it on again
  
• Only 5% of obese people manage to keep their weight down
  
• The diet foods market is worth over £1billion annually
  
• As people get older the tendency to become overweight increases - in Britain a staggering 77% of men and 71% of women are overweight in the 64-75 age bracket
  
• In the United States two thirds of the population is overweight and almost a third of Americans are obese
  
• Around 300,000 adults die each year in the United States as a result of unheallthy eating habits and lack of exercise
  
• In the UK an estimated 1 in 11 deaths is attributed to excess weight

However, statistics and facts and figures can look very dry and dull, and somehow remote from our everyday lives. It's difficult sometimes to hear the message. so how can we get a feel for what this really means?

Read on to learn more =>